WVSTS Board of Directors
Marsha Waybright
Marsha Waybright – a native of Randolph County, WV, hails from Middle Mountain and is happily married to Kendall Waybright, a Tucker County native. As a successful entrepreneur, she oversees four thriving businesses in Jenningston, WV, spanning Randolph and Tucker counties. These enterprises include Laurel River Club B&B, Laurel Fork Farm, Mama Bear Protection, and the West Virginia School of Traditional Skills, a 501c3 nonprofit organization she founded.
A dynamic motivational speaker, Marsha utilizes her diverse skill set to empower others, emphasizing the sustainable use of natural resources and land conservation. With a lifelong dedication to agriculture, she leverages the 250-acre educational Laurel Fork Farm as a cornerstone for sharing her wealth of knowledge.
Marsha is a Master Artisan in soap making, Master Gardener, certified animal trainer, certified USCCA instructor, certified Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED instructor, herbalist, Bible teacher, and has homeschooled three children. She integrates her family's businesses, such as Laurel Fork Falconry, It's Kendra Paige and Redhead~n~Mudboots into the educational experiences offered at the B&B, where she serves as property manager.
Passionate about preserving the area's rich history and promoting conservation efforts, Marsha has played a pivotal role in preserving the legacy of Jenningston, WV, once a bustling logging community. Through strategic partnerships and the West Virginia School of Traditional Skills, she educates others on the importance of conservation, preservation, and agriculture.
Marsha's dedication has garnered acclaim, with Laurel Fork Farm earning the title of Conservation Farm of the Year for Tucker County 2023. Her accomplishments have been featured in Goldenseal Magazine and recognized by Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook. She has also served as a mentor for Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College and has been honored as Business Person Of The Year for Tucker County 2024.
Whitney Mulllennex
Bio coming soon.
Kendra Waybright
Kendra is homeschool graduate, fourth-generation farmer and entrepreneur who has a successful business called "It's Kendra Paige." She is passionate about handmade items, fiber art, raising animals, and sustainable living. She works with her family at Laurel River Club Bed & Breakfast and farms in both Tucker and Randolph Counties. She sells crochet plushies in several area gift shops. She raises Finn sheep and Angora rabbits to use their wool for many of her fiber creations. She shares most of my adventures on social media.
Nita Hobbs
Nita Hobbs, MA – CEO/Executive Director, West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (WVARF)
An experienced leader and problem solver, Nita has over 7 years of Management and Accounting experience, as well as a Master of Arts Degree. She is also a current MBA Candidate with a focus in accounting and will graduate in Fall 2024. As a systems thinker, she was integral in the reorganization and upgrade of the accounting system for WVARF in 2020. Her experience includes human resources functions and management, accounting functions and management, vendor and employee training and development, curriculum development, inventory management and project management.
Her current and previous non-profit work focuses on changing the narrative of what it means to live, work and recreate in West Virginia. Nita owns and operates a hobby farm in Barbour County growing hops and producing value-added canned goods for sale. She is a member of the Mountain State Co-Hop, and works to further their mission of strengthening the network of hop-growers and value-added producers around the state. Nita enjoys traveling around West Virginia backpacking, off-roading and kayaking with her husband and two dogs.
Robert Schaaf
Retired Chapel US Army Ceremonial Organist and Chapel Choirmaster, Ft. Myer VA retired after 45 years of service on June 10, 2011. He has performed over 35,000 funeral/memorial services throughout the years for soldiers and families alike, along with over 3000 weddings. He has been organist /choirmaster for the Roman Catholic Congregation for Sunday services since 1966. He additionally was appointed by the Post Chaplain, COL William Martin as organist/choirmaster for General Protestant Congregation when he installed as successor to William H. Heasley as civil service employee in 1977.
Some of Schaff's most memorable services include; memorial services for the Challenger and Columbia astronauts, boxer Joe Lewis, General Creighton Abrams, Supreme Court Justices Goldberg and Powell, Mamie Eisenhower, and 48 victims of 9/11 Pentagon disaster including the pilot of the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Pentagon.
Doctor Robert Ebert
2001 graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Ebert lives in Fairmont, WV with his wife Karen, they have been married for 42 years. He owns Hickman Run Animal Hospital in Fairmont and is a co-owner of the North Central West Virginia Veterinary Emergency Clinic. Dr. Ebert was formerly a WV State Park Superintendent and Forest Ranger, a career that spanned 17 years, before becoming a veterinarian. His interests include fishing, hiking, leading nature walks at the WV Wildflower Pilgrimage at Blackwater Falls State Park, and enjoying his 2 married children, their spouses, and 6 grandchildren
Jennie Shifflett
Bio coming soon